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tffait!**** »■**** coa.aoia vvlll extend to I-oMiiiniin, a tmrt of country, it is feld by fome exceeding in extent rheprelent U- nitd Stat** I ^ve teard* fir- °; *■ ? anJ 6 new ftat<& Tb« meaSre w.'l, and is m- teo&dt©?n»'hii:itct!K influence of the old flr.s- The cotrftuati m refers only to new llatcs to be erecVd within the territory or pitefcr* boundary of the United States. I will fhew, if not ti the fatisfafttoo of tins * safe. I troft to the fatisfadtion of the nation, that I an) on the people's ground ; that I am on conltil.iitio.ial ground The rcfblu- lion of Congrefc fe t?88, relative to Ken- tr.cky, (hews, tlist it neve/ vv.r; contemplated to ^o beyond the limits of the U. States, as • they then cxiilecl. The filence, o- this point, in all the debates, at the time of a- dopting this cooftitution goes to fhew the views of its framers. Neither friends nor foes ever contemplated the prcfent ftutc of things. Is it not evident what were their intentions, when no man urged as a reafon for it, or againll it, theextenfion of our ter¬ ritory, and the Hates that might arife in our newly acquired dominions ? It would have difgraeed the convention, to have anticipated or contemplated the acquirement of a terri¬ tory belonging to a friendly power, with vhom we were in amity. It is afked, whether Ncw-Orleans has not been, for [even years, a part of the United States ? I anfwer—no. It is a territory, purchased, beyond the United States. The gentleman from Tenneflee a&3, if we have net the power to erect New Orleans into a irate, what (hall we do ?—What (hall we do ? If that geqtleman's children run naked in the wildernefs, it is no reafon why he {liquid break into my houfe to Bad them raiment to cover them. Do you fupp »fe, Mr. Speaker, that if the people of the old 13 Hates, had contemplated the ere&lon of new ilates be¬ yond thc:r boundaries, they would have a- dopced thecoidtitvition ? No, fir, they would nat. i have heard one gentleman fMv,\v>j ftvmld have yj !l.ite> ; and the imagination of oth¬ er;, ui travelling v/<-llivard, has carried them to the confines of California. Was it ever contemplated that we were »o admit all the Wild men of Red River ? Was it ever intend¬ ed to admit all the Anglo, Hifpanio and Galileo men, that hafk in the lands of the Mifiouri and Miffiffippi ? No, fir.—The people were not mad.—They had not taken their degree* in the fchool o£ idiotifm. Whether I have proved the unconflitu- tionality of this meafure 10 the fatisfa&ion of thi- Houfe, I am indifferent, But I am n*>t indifferent as it refptrci; the paiTage of the bill. Mv object i* to defeat it : and I do believe, that when the argument is ipread be¬ fore the American people they will fee it is the conllitutional ground* New Orleans may be admitted into a ftace, I think it prob¬ able it would be fo, by the confent of al! the ilates ; but I do not believe that the people Would confent to treSt all Louillana into fep* arate Hates unlefs thev had forgotten all tht ir rights ; and all regard to felf prefervation. When the treaty relative to N--\v Orleans was made, our miniilcr at Ruflia, (Mr. Ad¬ ams) who voted loc it in the fen ate, admitted that an amendment to the conftituticn was neceflary, to erect it into a feparate Hate.— There is no concealment in the cafe ; the fceptre of power is faH progfefiing weflward. Within the limits of the United States, ere A as many itates as you pleafe ; ft is your right ; exercife it ; but go not beyond thofe limits. When I faid, that the meafures pur* filing would produce a revolution ; it was not that I wifhed it ; or becaufe I did not behold it with abhorrence ; but becaufe, I felt it to be my duty,a3 a politician, to look into confequencea—whether it will be to¬ day, to-morrow or 20 years, is not for me to lay—it will be as foon as the people feel the ufurpaticn. I oppoie this bill from no animofity to the people-of New Orleans ; but from the deep conviction that it contains a principle incompatible with the liberties and fafety of my country. I have no concealment of my opinion. The bill, if it paffes, is a death¬ blow to the conllitution. It may, after¬ wards, linger ; but lingering, its fate will, at no very- diHant period, be cenfummated. BIOGRAPHY. —000 §000— From a Lor.don paper. WILLIAM PITT, the fecon.l for, of the jll.iftr.ous Earl of Chatham, was born on the zSlll May, 1759, when his father's glo¬ ry was at its zenith, and when, in confeqnence oi tl»c v.ifdo.n of his councils, and the vigor and promptitude of his decifions, firitifh val- W was triumphant in every part of the globe. On the acceffion of his prefcnt Majelly, that S'EHSfvf ?= *m stasias .Mllum, on a ftrung, and, as the were not reluctantly brought out ,-„ dl biltc, refult has m wn, a wetl-£>ttn£f<l petfuafi m, that, to ufe his own words, M he would one day increafe the fplendor of the name of Pitt." Mr. Pitt acquired his ekflical knowledge under the care of a psivate tutor, at Burton Pynfent, the feat of few father, and the Earl took great pleafme n teaching him, while ftill a youth, to argue with logical predion, and to fpealc with eltgance and fotce. He htmfclf frequently entered into deputations with him, and encouraged him to converfe with others upon ftibje&a far above what cnilld be expected from his year*. In the man:igenvcm of thefe arguments hi*> father would ii^vcv ceafe to opprefs hi:n with dilS- cultiea 5 nor would he permit him to (top, till thefuhject of contention was completely exhauftcd. By being inured to this method, the ion acquired that quality which is of the fir ft confeqnence in public life—a fuffiaent degree of firmaeftand prefenceoi mind, as Well as ready delivery, iu which be was won¬ derfully aided by nature. At between 14 and 15 years of age, he was placed under the care of a very worthy and enlightened clergyman, Mr. (now Dr.) Wilfon, and lent to Pembroke College, Cam¬ bridge, where he was admitted under the tu¬ ition of Meffrs. Turner and Prtttyman, (the former now Dr. Turner, Dean of Norwich, the latter Bifhop of Lincoln.) Thefe able men feconded to the utmofl: of their power, the intentions of his father. In Cambridge he became a model to the young nubility and fellow commoners ; and it was not doubted, that if the privileges of his rank had not ex¬ empted him from the ufu?l exercifes for his Bachelor's degree, he would have been found among the firll competitors for academical honors. On his ad million, according to cuf- tom, to his Mailer's Degree, the public or¬ ator found it needlefs to fearch into geneal¬ ogy, or even to dwell on the virtues of his f.ttber ; for the eyes of the univcility were lix^d on the youth ; the enraptured audi¬ ence affented to every encomium, and every bread was filled with thu* liveliell prcfages of his future greatnefs. Mr. Pitt wa; afterwards entered a (Indent of Lincoln's Inn, and made fuch a rapid progrefs in his legal (Indies as to be foon Called to the bar with every profprft of flic- cefe. He went once or twice upon the Weftern Circuit, and appeared as junior Counfel in feveral caufes —He was, howev¬ er, deftined to fill a more important Ration in the government of his country than is u- fu-dly obtained through the channel of the law. In the vcar 1781 he was returned for the 4 ¥ Borough of Appleby. On taking his feat in the Houfe of Commons, he joined the4 party which had conltantly oppofed "the Minifter, Lord North, and the American war, and which regarded him with a degree of veneration, recognizing in his perfon the genius of his illuftrious father revived, and, as it were, a&ing in him. To appreciate our departed Minifter, as a Politician, is a work of hiftorical inveftiga- tion ; to form an cflimate of his perfonal en¬ dowments ; to fcan the lineaments, and to defcribe the characteriflfcs of his great mind fhould indeed be the taflc of thofe who knew him privately as publicly ; but ftill, while the moral influence of his genius is operating on fociety, and while the found of his elo¬ quence is yet as it were echoing in the pub¬ lic ear, the name of Mr, Pitt cannot be men¬ tioned without luggefting reflections on the wonderful peculiarities of the man. From the earlicfl: expanfion of his hope¬ ful talents, he (lood forth, as ordained by deftiny as well as birthright, to fill tht Ra¬ tion, and to emulate the talents of Chatham. If he was not born an orator, he was earlier trained to oratory than any ftatefman of the age. In watching over the bright progrefs ot his ftudies, and anticipating his future fame, his father was not deceived by paren¬ tal partiality. The young eagle looked un- dazzled, like his fire, to the blaze of glory and pre-eminence. Even when a boy, his talents for declamation were fo prompt and ambitious, that when Lord Chatham one day heard of his tutor's intention to take him along with his elder brother to hear the debates in the Houfe of Lords, he forbade him, faying to the tutor, « You may take the eldeft, but I will not allow William to go ; for I am fure that he would rife up and ipeak, if he heard any thing that did not a- gree with his opinion." Chatham knew the full value of prompti¬ tude, copioiifneis and energetic declamation, to a Parliamentary ftatefman, as he forefaw his fon was to be ; and he moulded the fine elements of his genius for that purpofe. Ne¬ ver did fuch materials for the formation of rhetoric fall into the hands of fuch a teach¬ er. By early praaice, guidance, and eucour- kVfc evolved with a {^oi.laneous prnroptitude xv\k\\ had an influence alrnolt iike^mrgic. T'ie quickeft and ftrongcli imaginations arc k'metimes arretted in the conrfe of their ei- fc^Uence, by accidental croffing of thought^, 3Ud forced into confnnon and hditatiou— bMt the order of Mr. Pitt's ideas feemed t'.rc ev-r to be fo marfhalled, that nothing broke or- confumed them. Even when betrayed by the lichnefs of his imagination into pa- rt--nthefis, involution, or deviation, he never wanted exuberant language—he never loll bimfelf, or needed to Mi (era new arrange- ment. The name of Burke will ever be held in ^miration, and hh opinions mull always he r^:eived with reverence. It is then wi:h peculiar pleafure that we record what may stffitoft be confidered as his dyingteitimony in Wfror of the exalted character who has ie- Clmly followed that great man to the grave. /< If," fays Mr. l>'uke, " thing.-; fhould g>e us the comparative happinefs of aftrUg- ?>, I Jhall be found, I was going to fay fi;.hting. (that would be foolilh,) but dying by the fide of Mr. Pitt. I muft add, that ]f my thing defenfive in our domeftic fyftern c'li poffibly fave us from the diiallers of a L'gicide Peace, he is the ma a to frntt us. If t% Finances, in fuch a cafe, can be repair¬ ed he is the man to repair them. If 1 fiiMild lament any of his a£s, it is only when th v appear to me to have no refemblance tcaftsof his." It has been often and jttftly obferved, that t!'^ report of a rrrWs fervants is well entitled to attention, as affording a g^od opportuut- ty of eftimating the merit of his character. —Judging of Mr. Pitt by ibis criterion, he vvj'j one of the mildeli, moll indulgent and arwable men that ever lived. Hence we find that in every view of thitf exalte i man, lie was as much diitinguiihed for thnfe quaU it its which give the mod endeari.ig chirm to private life, as well as tor thofe tptendld talrnts which rendered him the admiration of the world. >:.'..= • THE &J7AKER AXD BLACKSMITH. A FEW years ago, when Bonaparte threa¬ tened to invade thi* country, a Quaker, re- fidmg at Epping, in Efl'.--:, being afraid, .'f Inch an event fhould ta!:e place that he might lofe his money, thought of the following (Iratagem to fave* it, which was to hide 200I. upon Epping Fnreft, but for f.-ar th:u he not be prudent to hide h without acquaiut- i^r fomebodv with it, accordingly he fixed upon his neighbor, 3 fmith, as a proper per¬ fon to be entrusted with the fecre;. They fct out together, and chofe a fpot by the fide of a brge oak, whe>e a hole was foon made, and the money very caret till y depo fil¬ ed, takinjj great care to cower it no wi:h ;"nch exadtnefs, that no perf>n travelling by chance that way might have any fufp.'cion. They returned home. The next: morning early, the fmith went and took the mtmcy away? not thinking the Quaker would lo Jnon fui- pefifc his integrity. The Quaker, however, paid a vifit to the fpot where his beloved trcafure was depofited, when, to his g»edt fnrprife, it was gone. Sufpicion immediate¬ ly fell upon the fmith, but mtlead ofaccufing him, he thought of the following ftratagem to get his money back : he informed the fmith he wilhed to add another 50I. This had the delired effecft, for th.e fmith imme¬ diately went and replaced the tool, not only to prevent his neighbor from judging him to be the thief but to get the other 50!. A- way they both go together, and opening the hole, the Quaker, to his great joy, difcover- ed his beloved trcafure ; he immediately fell into the following ejaculation—<s Ah ! my friend, f find thee goeft and corned, butvfor fear that thee (houldft go and never return, I'll e'n take thee home, for 1 think thee art at* fafe frr my lioufe as on Epping Foreft."—; Thus ended the matter, tu tlie nofmall mor¬ tification of the fmith. LonJ.p. €t As long as you ph-nf^iviih intertjl" Intereft ! Money-intereft ! Beware of its corroding touch ; unlefs fure that the prof¬ its of your purehafe will more than counter¬ vail it. Few are fenfible how fall interefl devours ; and into what a galloping con¬ sumption it brings an eiiai?. A tingle ounce of filver, at fuch a r.ite of (compound hit ere ft as to double itfclf every ten years, would (if my hafty computation Ibe coTred,) amount in 250 years to about [twelve hundred and fifty tons of filver. A dafhy young mart, of two or three and ■twenty, fpends, wc will feppofe, a hundred dollars, at cards, or othtrwife ncedlefely.__ 'Well, what of that! He has youth and lln-alth on his fide ; and if this fum be even |k?s whole property, he can earn a frpport. [Perchance, however, he may live to the a^e iof fe-eiily, and at that twlptefs age, be det itit»it... Should it fo happen, he would hjryc murh realon to reflect'with forrow On ;hi« particular f-Hy of \u> }ou:h. Fur dun he r would find, tint v 1 tho fum cf a hunui'c.i collars only had been (oft to him ; but alfo the inlerrftof that fum for ahoot jo yfers ; Had he faved hh money, ;,:»d »ent it at •« terett, the whoie would have been <jyu£h tn fati fy hi« wants in old age. ThejWirlrej dollars would have been more than two thou, land. luterett wts peipetnally, night and day ; and if left to accumulate, ycara/a.r year, it will in the end eat up a man's whole innftattcc. - Con. Cour. !ld-='NEW goods! ----Q00§£$CQ3---- THF SaBSCRMKR HJI JUST RECEITBD A FRESH SUPPLY OF GOODS, AMONGST WHICH ARE -^H T?URN!TUREandpnntedC3licoes,Siik •*- Shawl*, Cotton do- Ladies'plain and figur'd Silk Sleeves* Ler.o ditto, Kid Gloves, btackvvorfted Flofe, Carpeting, Veilings, Brown Hollands, Checks, &c. &c. Ail of which will be fold very low for Cafh or Country Produce. WM B. WHITNEY. Kingston* llth March, i3ll. 25 ■ — ■ JOSEPH T. BARRETT, INFORMS the Public, that he has formed an ellaMilhment in the City of Montreal^ Lower Canada, for the importation ci" India k European Pine Goods—Ironmon¬ gery 8c 7/<7.v/:t>7?;v. He will conftantly keep loc (ale an afibrtment, compriilng cveiy arti¬ cle in tlie above branches cf btifiueff Ashe (half import dircftly from the Mar.ufadnrer;; he mil enguge to fi \\ on the iroft favorable terniAy eihrr fax C*\Jhx cu* approved Credit. A liberal difcount will be made tQ Call put- e3p6m 20 %h Franc As Xavler Street N° 2J* Montreal, Jut* 10, 1811. &THE BESr~KIND OF Albany Infpected SOLE- LEATH .R, juft received and foe faie at 1/4 per lb. at ilie Store of Mtirch !2. S. BstRTLET. chafers* \ji JAMES ROBINSON. Infpiiur of Pot & Pearl rffhes9 RESPECTFULLY informs' the df»l- ers i:i pot & pearl aflu's, that lie u.n/ occupies a pair of the (lore near his rt'i- dencebelorrspno to tti?hnrJGart*&ighuW% whereafiwa will bcmfpecled wiiii tuegre^. eft attemronand difpatch, Kingston, Feb. xi, 1811. n6 FOR SALF^ A FARM cofififtiogof 258 ^crcs, be- 1% »«»g Lot No. 6, in the ill concefii'jri in PittfVrrh, fituate 6 mil-s from Kingll..n —10 <sr 12 ?c;es under improvement, with a good log houfe on the fame, and a good Marfh aiTording hay for 12 or 14 head of cattle.—For particilTars apply to Laugh- ljm M'Intyre, fiiip carpenter, Pitt&orwh. Iu iruary 12, 18r1. 211 f 1 The fubferiber in- forms the inhabitants t;f Kzngston- and k$ vicinirv, that he fr.rend^ carrying on the MMQNffiQ BUSINESS, fuch as brick laying, ftone work and plafteriog : heuill be, ready to perform any bufinefs in his line at ihort notice, and \\\ a workman-like man¬ ner. MOSES DRAKE. | ________Firjl door South <jf Walker's Hotel \ The fubferiber re- turns his finctre thanks to bts friends and the publie for pafl favors, and informs them that he has on hand a large quantity of BOOTS,— Men's, Women's and Children's SHOES,—Sole and Upper LEATHER— a few pair of Caft-Iron SLEIGH-SHOES, and a general affortment of DRY GOODS and G ROCE RIES—which he will fell at a very reduced price for cafh or produce. RICHARD SMITH. Kingston, Dec. i \, \ 8 ro- 12 tf OCT"The highelt price given for good Flour. SIXPENCE per bufhel will be given for good HOUSE ASH¬ ES, at the Store of CUMMING& HAMILTON. JiuiHj.ry 2 r, 1 8 I I. lStf Writing and Wrap¬ ping Paper for file at this Office. S-teP8EN Mos$E... PcjJrtJcr^ NF0RM3 his cultomcrs that the ifyk number of the Kingston Gazdl? will com¬ plete a h df year Dnc€ he comnu need hn p»e- fcit bnli'ufh, nud un the dclivcrv ofthnt y prr he nUi(': infill »»n a generalfittlttittHi ^ thr i, srcotj::tN. f&Tfofi W-> iivcojf&rttow miff pkaji to muhftfymail where their ptip* <«• Iji* 'March ^.